Millions voted for a new federal government after the country's three-party coalition fell apart at the end of last year.

Exit polls show Germany’s Christian Democrats ... This compares to turnout of 76.4% in the last national elections in 2021. Full results will emerge in the coming hours. Merz has also pledged ...

Early exit polls have indicated that the CDU/CSU union ... doubling their result from the last federal election in 2021. "We have doubled our votes, they wanted to cut them in half.

Exit polls show opposition leader Friedrich ... at 19.5-20% — roughly double its result from 2021. They put support for Scholz's Social Democrats at 16-16.5%, far lower than in the last election.